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MINOR COURSE ENGL1021: 
Poems, Essays and Short Stories, Rhetoric and Prosody
 [4 Cr, Full Marks: 75 (Theory: 60 + IA: 15), LH: 60 hrs] 

COURSE OBJECTIVE: The objective of this Minor course is to acquaint students with a few English literary texts, which, despite their brevity, are among the finest works of their kind. The two short stories are by Indian authors whose writing is integral to the canon of Indian writing in English. The idea is to introduce and develop the awareness that today the implications of the term ‘English literature’ extend into former colonies of the Empire such as India.

Poems: (LH: 16) 

William Shakespeare: Sonnet 116
 William Wordsworth: “A Slumber did my Spirit Seal” 
P. B. Shelley: “One Word is Too Often Profaned” 
Rupert Brooke – “Soldier” 

(Note Cluster:

William Shakespeare: Sonnet 116

• William Shakespeare's Sonnet No 116 (Let me not to the marriage of true minds..) :Argumentative Technique
• William Shakespeare's "SONNET NO. 116" (Let me not to the marriage of true minds): Analysis of Rhetoric

 William Wordsworth: “A Slumber did my Spirit Seal” 

• "The Lucy" poems by William Wordsworth: Few Important Short Questions

P. B. Shelley: “One Word is Too Often Profaned” 
Rupert Brooke – “Soldier” )
Essays and Short Stories: (LH: 32) 
Charles Lamb – “Dream Children” 
Bernard Shaw: “Spoken English and Broken English” 
Ruskin Bond: “The Night Train at Deoli” 
R. K. Narayan: “Out of Business”

(Note Cluster:

Charles Lamb – “Dream Children” 

• Model Question Paper English Literature Literary Texts: CHARLES LAMB'S DREAM CHILDREN
• On Humour and Pathos as used by Charles Lamb in his "Essays of Elia" particularly "Dream Children: A Reverie"

Bernard Shaw: “Spoken English and Broken English” 

• G.B. Shaw’s Radio Talk, ‘Spoken English and Broken English’: Broken English’s Relevance in Today’s English Spoken World

Ruskin Bond: “The Night Train at Deoli” 
R. K. Narayan: “Out of Business”)

 Rhetoric and Prosody (LH: 12) 

COURSE OUTCOME: It is expected that students choosing this Minor course will learn to develop skills necessary for critical appreciation of literary texts.